“Tonight’s December thirty-first,Something is about to burst.The clock is crouching, dark and small,Like a time bomb in the hall.Hark, it's midnight, children dear.Duck! Here comes another year!”
―
Ogden Nash,
Collected verse from 1929 on

History is Not Boring
— 1975 members
— last activity Mar 17, 2018 06:07PM
Why do people think history is boring? I don't get it.

Book Buying Addicts Anonymous
— 1128 members
— last activity Jan 18, 2018 09:44AM
For the booklover who reads four or five books at a time, buys just as many at a time and who changes books like he/she changes his/her clothing. If yFor the booklover who reads four or five books at a time, buys just as many at a time and who changes books like he/she changes his/her clothing. If you have started and stopped just as many (or more) books as you have read, here's a group for you. Members of this group will share news about bookstore sales and money-saving websites (e.g., Booksfree.com, Paperbackswap.com). We will also discuss our addiction just for fun (e.g., latest book splurges)....more

The History Book Club
— 15691 members
— last activity 24 minutes ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodreads and the
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group".
The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodreads and these are some of our Focus Areas. We have welcomed worldwide members from over 171 countries; we are a large international group which spans the globe.
Discussions: Vicki Cline leads Caesar: Life of a Colossus by Adrian Goldsworthy - begins 02/26/18 and ends 6/10/18. Bentley leads the Federalist Papers - begins 03/04/18 for 85 weeks as well as H is for Hawk beginning 03/09/18 (BOTM) and Hillbilly Elegy on 04/09/18 (BOTM)
Upcoming:
Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped by Garry Kasparov - 05/18 BOTM - Russian History
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America by Michael Eric Dyson - 06/18 BOTM - Presidential Series
James Madison: A Biography by Ralph Louis Ketcham - 06/14/18 - 09/27/18 - Presidential Series
The Romanovs: 1613 - 1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore - 07/18 BOTM - Russian History
Without You, There is No Us, My Time with the Sons of North Korea's Elite by Suki Kim - 07/15/18 - 10/31/18 - Buddy Read - Koreas Challenge
CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping by Kerry Brown - 08/09/18 - 09/09/18 - BOTM - History of China...more

So Many Damn Books
— 188 members
— last activity Oct 24, 2017 01:25PM
a goodreads group, based on a podcast, based on a friendship, based on books. abandon all hope of finishing your tbr pile, all ye who enter.